Zechariah 14:16

“And it will happen that everyone who is left from all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to bow down before the King, YHWH Tsevaot, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.”

Zechariah 14:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 14:16, word by word

And it will happenהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “haya” appears
who is leftנּוֹתָרnotar

be left

For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.

Where else “notar” appears
the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
that cameבָּאִיםbaim

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “baim” appears
Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim

Jerusalem

See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears
will go upעָלוּalu

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “alu” appears
year after yearדֵּיde

as often as

Together with other words: whenever, as often as, as much as suffices.

Where else “de” appears
year after yearשָׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shana” appears
to bow downהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתhishtachavot

worship

To bow before God in adoration.

Where else “hishtachavot” appears
before the Kingמֶלֶךְmelech

supreme king

YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.

Where else “melech” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
Tsevaotצְבָאוֹתtsevaot

Tsevaot

A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.

Where else “tsevaot” appears
and to celebrateחֹגchog

keep a festival

To rejoice before YHWH on a holy day.

Where else “chog” appears
the Feastחַגchag

festival

Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.

Where else “chag” appears
of Boothsסֻּכּוֹתsukot

booth

A cover of branches, as at the feast.

Where else “sukot” appears

Places in this verse

Jerusalem
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Jerusalem

    Today: Old City of Jerusalem

    A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.

    David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).

    2 Samuel 5:61 Kings 8:1Luke 2:22Acts 1:8

The context

15And so will be the plague of the horse, the mule, the camel, and the donkey, and of all the livestock that may be in those camps: like this plague.

16 · This verse (above)

17And it will happen that whoever does not go up from among the families of the earth to Jerusalem to bow down before the King, YHWH Tsevaot, there will be no downpour on them.

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